Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 4, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Solar Ballet on the Sun › Download videoThis four–hour event occurred from 10:20 am to 2:20 pm EST and was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet light shown here at a high cadence of an image every 36 seconds. Credit: NASA/SDO A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun on December 31, 2012, twisting and turning. Magnetic forces drove the flow of plasma, but without sufficient force to overcome the sun’s gravity much of the plasma fell back into the sun.› View largerThe Earth is superimposed on this image to give readers a sense of the scale. The length of the eruption extends about 160,000 miles out from the Sun. With Earth about 7,900 miles in diameter, this relatively minor eruption is about 20 times the diameter of our planet. Credit: NASA/SDO/Steele Hill› Solar image without EarthFor answers to your space weather questions, please visit the Spaceweather Frequently Asked Questions page.Susan HendrixNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.Source 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted January 4, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Gangnam style, way to go son... I mean sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted January 4, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Glad one of those things don't lash out and get us. Makes you really see how big the sun is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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